“Wanna bet?” I waggled my eyebrows. “The allowance that is going to make its way to your father’s bank account. Ten thousand a month should let them live comfortably don’t you think?”
“Keira! He’d never accept that!”
“Say you won it in the lottery then! You’ll think of something. And as for you, will a cool mill a year be enough to get by on?”
Her mouth fell open and she blinked. “That’s too much.” She grinned. “But… on the other hand, I’ll just suck it up and deal with it.” She put the back of her hand to her forehead. “Now I’m going to be really bitching about paying taxes!”
We both had a laugh and I sat back and looked around the room. Everything was falling into place. There was just one other thing...
“You know, I haven’t been out of this house except to see you, since I’ve been here. I spent a week with my dead grandmother and her dead companion and before that I was kicked out of school and then banished by my parents! I need a vacation!”
Gwen’s face lit up and she laughed. “Oh yeah? Where are you going to go?”
“Unh unh. Where are we going to go? It’s no fun going alone.” The more I thought of it, the more I could sense that Nana would approve. It was time to join the living before we took on the job of the dead.
My mother and father strolled into the room and seeing the looks on our faces, they smiled.
“What’s going on? You two are up to something.” My dad held out my Nana’s chair for my mother to take a seat.
“Gwen and I are taking a vacation.”
“Hold on! I never agreed. I’d have to call my brother and get him to come down from Toronto. And then—”
“I’m seeing me on a beach drinking Mai Tai’s, the liquor cool and the guys hot.”
My mother’s face flushed pink. “Ewwww! Parents here!”
Gwen shook her head. “Not a fan of the beach. After the first day that would be boring. I like to get around and see historical things. That’s my idea of fun.”
I swatted her arm playfully. She was considering this! “The beach, baby!”
Dad leaned over the table and grinned. “Why not do both? The Mayan Riviera has awesome beaches and is packed with history. You should go!”
“They have pyramids there, you know,” Gwen said.
“The Mayan Riviera’s in Egypt?” I asked. The rest of them burst out laughing. “What? What’s so funny?”
Mom made a small wave with her hand. “Nothing, dear; sometimes you’re silly, that’s all.” Mom reached into the pocket of her blouse and placed a small white box on the table. “I had this made for you Keira. Actually I had one made for myself as well.” She pushed the box toward me.
I opened it and lifted a gold tear-shaped pendant with a loop of gold chain. I lifted it out and looked at it closely.
“Some of your grandmother’s ashes are embedded in it. She’ll always be with you.” Mom reached over and her hand covered mine. Grinning, she arched an eyebrow. “She’d always liked the Mayan Riviera.”
My fingers closed around the small tear drop. Nana would always be with me.
The End
Author’s Note:
Keira has come a long way from a partying college kid. The psychic gifts she inherited from her quirky Nana are still growing. She’s still trying to get a handle on that and this Veil thing that she’s somehow going to have to protect? It’s a good thing she met Gwen to help with that because things are about to heat up real fast. It’s sink or swim for the two young women. (Keep reading...)
If that’s not bad enough, she’s inherited her grandmother’s enemy along with the millions of dollars. David Holmes is not only twisted, he’s possessed. He’s also Keira’s grandfather.
In book 2 of the Mystical Veil series - Heritage- Keira and Gwen must confront this evil or die trying.
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